This
eagerly awaited recording pairs
two of Scotland's most respected
artists - renowned fiddler
Alasdair Fraser and guitar
phenomenon Tony McManus. Their
collaboration has recently
been the buzz of the Celtic
music scene, with festival
headline appearances in Europe,
Australia, Canada, the United
States and Scotland, garnering
rave reviews and an ardent
international following.
"Two
of Scotland's most sublime
instrumental talents."
—The Scotsman
1
Bidh
Clann Ulaidh (Men
of Ulster)
2
Ross' Reel
no.4 * Reichswall
Forest(Dan
R. MacDonald)
3
Roslin
Castle * Miss
Gordon of Gight(Isaac
Cooper)
4
The
Marquis of Huntly(William
Marshall) * The
Ewie wi' the Crooked
Horn * John
Cheap the Chapman(Nathaniel
Gow) * Peerie
Weerie * The
West Mabou Reel
5
Calum
Sgaire
A traditional Gaelic
song air to which Alasdair
has added a second part.
6
Donald
Willie and his Dog(Donald
Morrison) * Alex
MacDonald(Norman
MacDonald) * Chloe's
Passion (Dr
Angus MacDonald)
7
Lady
Louisa Gordon's Strathspey(William
Marshall) * The
Highlands of Banffshire * The
Merrymaking
8
Seathan * Na
Goisidich (The
Gossips) (Allan MacDonald)
9
Sitting
in the Stern of a Boat
This air was composed
by the Rev. William MacLeod
as he sailed from his native
Bracadale on the Isle of
Skye to take up a parish
in Argyllshire.
The
Sweetness of Mary(Joan
MacDonald Boes) * Devil
in the Kitchen * Willie
Davie * The
Sound of Mull * The
High Road to Linton
The late Joan MacDonald
Boes was a fine pianist and
composer in the Cape Breton
style. She was the
accompanist for the Five
MacDonalds, a fiddle group
in Detroit of which the aforementioned
Dan R. MacDonald was a member.
13
Theidh
mi Dhachaigh (Return
to Kintail) "Theidh mi
dhachaigh chro Chinn t-Saile" (I
will go home to the cattle-fold
of Kintail). The song
may have been composed by
a soldier who was wounded
at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
All
tunes traditional unless
credited.
Engineered
by Bruce Wheelock
at Flying Whale Studio,
Grass Valley, California.
Additional recording at Secret Music Studios, Glasgow,
engineered by Grant Milne.
Mastered by Stephen Hart.
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Return
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Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus